Sirohi : Sirohi As soon as winter starts, people like to take pure and nutritious food. In that also, importance has been given to fresh and green vegetables. Sonela and Malipura villages of Mali caste dominated Mandar sub tehsil are considered leaders in vegetable production in the entire district. Due to the land here being suitable for vegetables, weather and water level being good, people have been growing green vegetables by adding local fertilizers. These days, all the vegetables including fenugreek, radish, carrot, damp vegetable, dill spinach, thorny brinjal, green chilli, cabbage, cauliflower, peas, milkweed, green chilli, green onion, tomato are being produced in abundance in my well. . As the second fortnight of November begins, the arrival of fresh vegetables in the town increases. The special thing is that these people traditionally sow vegetables in some part of their farming. Only cow dung is used in vegetables. Due to this, it is considered pure, fresh and nutritious. For this reason the demand for such vegetables remains high.
I am liking the vegetables…
People of Mali community, following the tradition of getting vegetables sold in the market, pluck green and fresh vegetables from their fields early in the morning, put them in bamboo baskets and reach Mandar market to sell them. Which people call Oda vegetables. These women reach after noon after completing their household work. People are also ready to buy such fresh vegetables. In just one and a half to two hours, the vegetables packed in the dough are sold. She takes care of her family with the money she gets from it. These women have been coming to sell vegetables as per tradition from generation to generation for centuries.
